People at Work: How People Choose Jobs

Duration: 14

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows people performing their jobs and giving reasons for their occupational choices. Opens with procedures for applying for a job in a large company and interviews workers including a secretary, computer expert, bookkeeper, nurse, doctor, shoe salesman, and small businessman. Mentions such reasons for job choice as company size, personal perferences, skills, money, and advancement possibilities. Observes males and females in traditional job roles., Shows how aptitude, interest, training, pay, availability, fringe benefits and company size influence the jobs that workers choose.

Complete Record: Shows people performing their jobs and giving reasons for their occupational choices. Opens with procedures for applying for a job in a large company and interviews workers including a secretary, computer expert, bookkeeper, nurse, doctor, shoe salesman, and small businessman. Mentions such reasons for job choice as company size, personal perferences, skills, money, and advancement possibilities. Observes males and females in traditional job roles., Shows how aptitude, interest, training, pay, availability, fringe benefits and company size influence the jobs that workers choose.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.